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Spherical Exposures

Layered exposures of spherical figures.

  • Garrick Givens
    Director
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Short, Other
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 28 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 4, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Garrick Givens

Avant-garde video-maker, intermedia artist and film theorist (Givens) grew up in Farmington Hills, MI USA; born 1/3/1992.

Givens is a lifelong learner of cinema who has enjoyed the arts and theatre since childhood. In middle school, Givens came to terms with her gender identity but kept it a secret until early adulthood. After graduating from college she was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and remains an advocate for mental health.

In 2014, Givens graduated from Binghamton University with Honors in Cinema and was the Ken Jacobs Scholarship recipient.

Givens has garnered recent success with her film "Agility (..or something like it)" which made its Online Premiere via Vimeo On Demand June, 26th 2023 in the Lift-Off Filmmakers Sessions Hosted By @LiftOffGlobalNetwork. "Agility (..or something like it)" made its in-person debut and North American Premiere at the Urban Arts Festival in Dallas, Texas on August, 11th 2023.

"Agility (..or something like it)" was also nominated for Best Writer at the AltFF Alternative Film Festival (Canada) 2023 and Winner of Best Experimental Film at the iDEAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (India) 2023.

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Director Statement

“Spherical Exposures” utilizes layered exposures of shots inside spherical figures, such as bottles of liquid.

The film pays homage to Vertov's “Man With a Movie Camera”. Instead of super-imposing a human eye onto the lens of a camera, I have shot the reflection of the camera lens in the objects themselves. My camera phone lens can be seen multiple times throughout the three minute film.